[~*sierra*~]

so maybe i'm just a raging hormonal psycho but i thought the L&D at my hospital was so brutal! the rooms were like 1/3 the size of the rooms my SIL had at the hospital she gave birth at & the post partum room were shared (SIL had private w shared bathroom only). my dh said he got a good vibe off the place and everyone seemed really cheerful though. so thats a positive. it's not the worst thing going, and i'm sure it will do. i just expected so much more from a hospital with such a good reputation. i thought it was kinda dirty and messy too...i'm sure i wont care if i end up there giving birth though. seeing it has def made me want to set things up fully for a home birth though, cause i'd prefer to avoid it. but if privacy is an issue at home (as i suspect it might be), i'm fine with heading to the hospital still.

[*vi]

that sucks I hope your home birth works out for you!

[~* Helen *~]

I hope a home birth works out for you !!!

[Mars]

Hope the home birth works out.

[soImarriedAnerd]

Give me your MIL number I'm to call her and tell her to move her and her stupid dogs out of that house NOW <3

[Kiwi]

I felt the same way about the hospital that is just down the road from my house. Luckily DF feels the same way - it was small, dirty and totally not what I thought. I really hope your DH comes around to the idea of a home birth.

[alicenwonderland]

geez... yeah i thought all labor and delivery rooms were private... that really sucks! I stayed in the same room i delivered in. Hopefully you get the birth you want!

[~*sierra*~]

luckily dh seems really fine with the plan of starting it off at home and if it's going well then just staying here.

[LisanAndy]

I'm sorry you're not totally sold on the hospital. I labored, delivered, and recovered in the same private room all 3 kids (2 different hospitals) so I'm unfamiliar with that style. My mom did have shared rooms year ago though. Hopefully your DH will come around to the idea of a home birth. I know that if we ever have another child (hopefully not, I feel done LoL) we're seriously considering a home birth and already have a few midwives in mind.

[Frozendesire]

I hated that system with Curtis. I had to recover with four to five different woman and some of them had lost babies, some were on bed rest and one was a new teenage mom who NEVER tended to her baby and we all just had to sleep while her baby cried.... I felt HORRIBLE if Curtis made a peep cause I wouldn't want to be recovering from losing a child and hear someone elses baby cry....

Anyways.. that was just my experience. It was packed. We really wanted a private room but it was SO busy.

With Dustin and AJ, I first when to triage or whatever but then they sent me to my room and I labored, delivered, and recovered right there. It was WONDERFUL!

Well hopefully it wont be an issue at all and your home birth goes fab

[~*sierra*~]

omg as if there were that many people in the post partum room steph, that's crazy. luckily i think they are only two to a room at this place. but still, i dont want to share! lol